"Battalion commander, the little devils are fucking crazy!"

On the Buddha Ridge, Zhang Chi hid behind the earthen beam used as a bunker and scolded angrily. With the arrival of Nishimura with that squadron, the Japanese attack became more and more intense. When the mountain infantry artillery could not find a suitable gun position, the Japanese used mortars to suppress the artillery fire. A dozen mortars fired several rounds in succession, which caused considerable losses to the first battalion.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ……”

Due to the lack of fortifications and the shelter of cat's ear holes, each round of artillery bombardment by the Japanese army would take away more than a dozen square meters of earth from the mountain, causing quite serious casualties to the soldiers stationed there.

"Tell the soldiers to hold steady, the devils can't exert their full strength in the mountains, and gradually retreat behind the mountains to a position that the devils' artillery can't cover."

Bai Lin was also very anxious in his heart, but he understood that the more times like this, the more he could not mess up, and organized the soldiers to gradually march towards the top of the mountain.

Taihang Mountain is a very old mountain range, the overall height of the mountain peak is not very high, but the rock structure and composition are quite complex, in such a terrain the enemy, numerical superiority and maneuver advantage are difficult to play.

"Captain, the Eighth Road has begun to retreat towards the top of the mountain again."

Listening to the report of his subordinates, Nishimura looked towards the mountain, his eyes narrowing.

"It seems that the Eight Roads have been confronting us for a long time, and they must not be allowed to succeed! Be sure to stop them! ”

Orders were given here in Nishimura, and more and more Japanese infantry began to go up the mountain. Buddha Ridge can be said to be a standard "poor mountain", not that this mountain really has no resources, but that almost no people point to this mountain to eat. As a result, almost no one will take the initiative to renovate Buddha Ridge on weekdays, and the only way up the mountain is through a narrow mountain road. Both sides of the mountain road are still densely covered with trees, and in late autumn the leaves have fallen, and the branches are dry and hard, and the speed of the ascent can be said to be exceptionally slow.

"Battalion commander, the devil has also gone up the mountain."

Seeing a yellow "line" extending from the foot of the mountain, Zhang Chi reported to Bai Lin. Bai Lin raised his eyes and looked down, and saw that the ghost soldiers were moving extremely slowly on the mountain road, like a bloated and stupid earth snake, and couldn't help laughing.

"Yes, that's what you want, although the height of this Buddha Ridge is not high, but the slope from the bottom of the mountain to the top of the mountain is very steep, once we all go to the top of the mountain, it is difficult to find a suitable angle to shell us with the devil's mortar. I think it's the right choice to come and chase us up the mountain. ”

Speaking of this, Bai Lin's words paused.

"It's a pity that the devil made this right choice a little late!"

Speaking of which, the first battalion has risen to a considerable height, and the mountain direction of Foye Ridge is not a standard cone, and the cross-section of the entire mountain is more like a gentle arc in the west and steep in the east, and there is a relatively wide platform on the top of the mountain.

A few meters below the summit, there was a large rock that protruded four or five meters from the mountain, and Bai Lin could recognize that it was a sandstone, and it was extremely strong. And this sandstone platform can be said to be a natural fortress. One squad, plus a few light machine guns, was able to hold the winding mountain road below.

A machine gun squad was arranged here, and Bai Lin and the other fighters set up fire points in several positions on the sandstone platform, and then Bai Lin took the rest of the soldiers of the first battalion to the platform at the top of the mountain.

At this time, the first battalion counted the number of people again, and there were less than 300 people left in the whole battalion now, some of whom were sacrificed under the guns of the devils when they retreated to the mountain just now, and more of them were sacrificed when the devils shelled before.

Guarding at the highest point of the mountain, across the bare trees on the mountain, you can clearly see the movement of the devils below, and the most important thing is that because the mountain under your feet has an arc, you can clearly see the machine gun squad guarding the sandstone platform when you stand on the top of the mountain, that is to say, you can also give effective fire support to the machine gun squad at the top of the mountain.

"Yaga !!"

Nishimura slammed the telescope out of his hand, he had already seen that the mountain of Foye Ridge was easy to defend and difficult to attack, once all the eight roads retreated to the top of the mountain, not only was the angle of the artillery attack insufficient, but even if it was a strong attack, there would be a lot of losses. The route up the mountain is very simple, and even the numerical advantage is not visible.

"These eight roads are crazy people! Don't they have any intention of breaking through?! Are you already planning to starve to death on this barren mountain?! ”

"Captain, there is no way to do this, we really can't imagine that this group of eight roads can use the terrain to stop us. Why don't we change the direction of attack and organize an attack from the other side of this mountain? ”

Faced with the persuasion of his subordinates, Nishimura did not appreciate it.

"Are you a stupid pig? The eastern slope of the mountain is even steeper, and there is not even a road to attack! ”

Nishimura was so angry that now he could only hope that the main force of the Eighth Route Army would not leave the strength of this battalion alone, and would come to the rescue. As long as the Eighth Road will act according to his ideas, he will not be completely disgraced today, and he will be able to redeem a trace of majesty.

"Battalion commander, what are the devils doing under the mountain?"

Zhang Chi looked at the devils of the West Village Brigade and didn't seem to want to try that kind of meaningless assault, but began to frequently transfer personnel and firepower at the bottom of the mountain, and asked with some curiosity.

Bai Lin also felt strange, because the little devils were not the kind of army that had no backbone, and if they were not strong in combat, they would not force a battalion like this. But thinking about it now, stopping the attack immediately when encountering an obstacle is not the Japanese army's fighting style at all. Unless, they have other intentions.

"I'm afraid the little devil wants to surround us here!"

Bai Lin quickly understood the devil's intentions, the biggest dilemma of the first battalion now was that there was no logistics, one was that the ammunition could not be replenished, and the food was only the little ration that each soldier carried. What's more, they don't even have a tent now, and if it gets dark, they will only face non-combat attrition when they are trapped on the top of the mountain!

Bai Lin, who understood this, did not show much worry, although it seemed that their current situation was even more serious than that of Ma Jian at the beginning. However, compared with the Battle of Jieting, the gap between them and the Japanese army was not as big as the gap between the Shu army and the Wei army. On the contrary, in addition to the own part trapped on the mountain, there was also the main force stationed at the Wuguliang regimental headquarters.

"The main force?!"

Bai Lin suddenly thought of the main force of the regiment, and a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind at that time, as if he understood something. After observing the deployment of the Japanese troops at the foot of the mountain, Bai Lin finally understood the intentions of the Japanese army.

"Okay, I finally get it! This fucking little devil! ”

Bai Lin slapped his thigh excitedly and scolded through gritted teeth. Di Hanming on the side saw that Bai Lin seemed to have something in mind, so he came over curiously and asked.

"What do you understand?"

"That's right, political commissar, you see, the little devil under the mountain put on a loose appearance on the outside and tight on the inside. It looks like they're encircling us to prevent us from escaping. At the same time, on the periphery of the devil's encirclement, they put on a posture of being overly defensive against us and ignoring the external vigilance.

In fact, otherwise, the little devils have arranged firepower points in several very hidden positions outside the encirclement, which means that they are on guard against our rescue at any time. ”

"The devil wants to surround the point and send reinforcements!"

Di Hanming was well-read and memorized, and as soon as he heard Bai Lin's description, he understood what the devil was holding.

"That's right! The little devil just wants to surround the point and send reinforcements! To be honest, now that I think about it, I'm afraid that the little devil didn't look down on this battalion at all! They are simply going to the main force of our regiment, but our battalion is probably blocking the knife for our regimental headquarters! At first, the traitors and devils should have thought that this thousand stone grain would be traded at the regiment headquarters, but they didn't expect to encounter only one battalion. ”

Di Hanming suddenly realized, but then he became worried.

"Since the devil is so wolf-like, what should we do?"

Hearing Di Hanming's question, Bai Lin also fell into a tangle, according to his heart, he actually hoped that the main force of the regiment headquarters could come to the rescue, but after learning the intentions of the Japanese army, he hesitated again.

"Now that we are surrounded by devils, the news cannot be transmitted at all, and it seems that we can only resign ourselves to fate. The most terrible thing is that the regiment commander went to the county seat today, and I don't know if the deputy regiment commander can make up his mind. ”

Speaking of this, Di Hanming and Bai Lin sighed together. Now they can be said to have a truly uncertain future.

"Commissar! Battalion commander! Look! ”

At this time, Zhang Chi, who had been paying attention to the movement under the mountain, exclaimed.

"Look! The devils under the mountain, they ...... Are they retreating?! ”

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